Eriq La Salle Requested That His Interracial Relationship On `ER' End
Jet, April 5, 1999
Eriq La Salle of "ER" TV fame is mindful of the images that he portrays on television.
He is so mindful of it that earlier this season he reportedly asked producers of the top-rated drama to do away with his character's interracial romance.
It had nothing to do with the fact that his character, Dr. Benton, is Black and his love interest, Dr. Corday (Alex Kingston), is White. It had everything to do with his character being shown as loving toward Corday but troublesome in his relationships with two Black women on the show (Gloria Reuben and Lisa Nicole Carson).
"We have to take care of the message that we're sending as African-Americans or any other group of minorities, that we have the exact same type of exchanges with our mates that we get to see our White counterparts have," LaSalle told famed attorney Johnnie Cochran on Cochran's show "Johnnie Cochran Tonight."
In a recent episode of "ER," LaSalle's character was warm toward his former girlfriend, Jeanie (Reuben).
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